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Table 2. Preliminary benchmark revisions to total nonfarm employment in metropolitan areas with a Census 2020 population of 1 million or more, not seasonally adjusted

Table 2. Preliminary benchmark revisions to total nonfarm employment in metropolitan areas with a Census 2020 population of 1 million or more, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area March 2025 Preliminary Benchmark Revision
Level (in thousands) Percent(1)

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 -10.1 -0.3

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

 15.0 1.1

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

 1.1 0.1

Birmingham, AL

 -2.3 -0.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 -4.9 -0.2


Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

 -2.3 -0.4

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

 -14.9 -1.1

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

 4.1 0.1

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

 2.7 0.2

Cleveland, OH

 -10.2 -0.9


Columbus, OH

 9.8 0.8

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 -5.4 -0.1

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

 -5.2 -0.3

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 -31.3 -1.6

Fresno, CA

 -7.7 -1.8


Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI

 26.8 4.3

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

 9.3 1.5

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

 8.0 0.2

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

 5.8 0.5

Jacksonville, FL

 -10.7 -1.3


Kansas City, MO-KS

 2.8 0.2

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV

 -6.6 -0.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 0.7 0.0

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

 -3.9 -0.6

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

 -1.7 -0.3


Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 7.2 0.2

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI

 -4.9 -0.6

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 -6.2 -0.3

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

 -7.9 -0.7

New Orleans-Metairie, LA

 -3.0 -0.6


New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

 102.8 1.0

Oklahoma City, OK

 -12.5 -1.8

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

 -35.2 -2.4

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

 5.0 0.2

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

 19.6 0.8


Pittsburgh, PA

 -5.3 -0.4

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

 -11.6 -0.9

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

 -0.2 0.0

Raleigh-Cary, NC

 -4.0 -0.5

Richmond, VA

 2.2 0.3


Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

 20.6 1.2

Rochester, NY

 -1.0 -0.2

Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

 9.2 0.8

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

 -5.5 -0.7

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

 -4.7 -0.4


San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

 -13.2 -0.9

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

 -9.3 -0.4

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

 11.0 1.0

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 -26.9 -1.3

St. Louis, MO-IL(2)

 -1.9 -0.1


Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

 -5.9 -0.4

Tucson, AZ

 4.5 1.1

Tulsa, OK

 -6.2 -1.3

Urban Honolulu, HI

 -8.5 -1.8

Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

 -6.5 -0.8

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

 -7.9 -0.2

Footnotes
(1) Percentage revisions are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percent. Values of 0.0 represent percentage revisions less than +/- 0.05 percent.
(2) Area boundary does not reflect the official OMB delineation.

NOTE: This is a preliminary benchmark revision announcement. Final benchmark revisions will be available in March 2026 with the publication of the the January 2026 State Employment and Unemployment Summary news release.
NOTE: Area delineations are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 23-01, dated July 21, 2023, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state containing the first principal city, unless otherwise footnoted.
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